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Paperback. This work shows how the present drug war started at the beginning of this century, when the US government first assumed the task of protecting people from patent medicines. It demonstrates, however, the deleterious effects of prescription laws, which place people under lifelong medical supervision. Num Pages: 229 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFM; JPQB; JPVH; LNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603337
- ISBN
- 9780815603337
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.84
€ 20.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. Thomas Szasz argues that the modern penchant for transforming human problems into "diseases" and judicial sanctions into "treatments", replacing the rule of law with the rule of medical discretion, leads to a type of government he calls "pharmacracy", eroding personal freedom and dignity. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607632
- ISBN
- 9780815607632
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.21
€ 20.99
€ 20.21
Paperback. In this polemical response to the controversy about drug use and drug criminalization, Thomas Szasz suggests that governments have overstepped their bounds in labelling and prohibiting certain drugs as "dangerous" substances and incarcerating "addicts" in order to cure them. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607687
- ISBN
- 9780815607687
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.99
€ 20.99
€ 19.99
Paperback. In this study of the laws and policies associated with commercial radio and television, the author shows that government regulation creates rather than intervenes in the market. It shows that liberal marketplace principles have come into contradiction with themselves. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPQB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777221
- ISBN
- 9780226777221
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.52
€ 36.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Migrations and Cultures goes beyond the political view of immigration and presents the whole phenomena of migration and immigration and the major role it plays in the general advancement of the human race. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465045891
- ISBN
- 9780465045891
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.71
€ 31.99
€ 22.71
Paperback. This essay unscrambles the gross misconceptions that have made rational debates about tax policies virtually impossible for decades. Num Pages: 20 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817916152
- ISBN
- 9780817916152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.59
€ 8.59
Hardcover. A broad-based and withering critique of America's current trajectory. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465022519
- ISBN
- 9780465022519
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.81
€ 36.99
€ 29.81
Paperback. Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817992620
- ISBN
- 9780817992620
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Condition: New
€ 21.26
€ 21.26
Paperback. Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes b Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465089956
- ISBN
- 9780465089956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.12
€ 21.99
€ 18.12
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465058723
- ISBN
- 9780465058723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.09
€ 29.99
€ 24.09
Paperback. Offers a critique about (but not for) intellectuals that explores their impact on public opinion, policy, and society at large. This title not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPVK. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Revised, Enlarged ed.
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465025220
- ISBN
- 9780465025220
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.45
€ 27.99
€ 25.45
Hardcover. These selections from the many writings of Sowell over a period of a half century cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational, and political issues. The sources range from Dr. Sowell's letters, books, and newspaper columns, to articles in both scholarly journals and popular magazines. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: JP; KC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 162 x 239 x 40. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465022502
- ISBN
- 9780465022502
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.85
€ 40.99
€ 30.85
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817929923
- ISBN
- 9780817929923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.04
€ 26.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415688031
- ISBN
- 9780415688031
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Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. An eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action in a provocative book that will stir fresh debate about this vitally important issue Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300107753
- ISBN
- 9780300107753
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.11
€ 20.99
€ 17.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCP; KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 245 x 48. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465096763
- ISBN
- 9780465096763
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 34.94
€ 46.99
€ 34.94
Paperback. The Politics of Possession investigates how struggles over access to resources and political power constitute property and authority recursively. Such dynamics are integral to state formation in societies characterized by normative and legal pluralism. Editor(s): Sikor, Thomas; Lund, Christian. Series: Development and Change Special Issues. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JPVH3; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196567
- ISBN
- 9781405196567
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Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Hardback. The definitive study of the "Hungarian man of mystery", shadowy spymaster J. Peters Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252035982
- ISBN
- 9780252035982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.34
€ 57.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- International Scholars Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573091954
- ISBN
- 9781573091954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.41€ 13.40
€ 76.41
€ 13.40
hardcover. Shows that between 1800 and 1945, the fundamentalist desire for a single communal faith played a crucial role in the radicalization of Germany's political Right. This book says that a nationalist faith gained a wider appeal, because people were searching for a sense of identity and belonging, a mental map for the world and metaphysical security. Series: Monographs in German History. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845453688
- ISBN
- 9781845453688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091759
- ISBN
- 9780719091759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.88
€ 148.88
hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446634
- ISBN
- 9780801446634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.27
€ 139.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476488
- ISBN
- 9780801476488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Cyber War Will Not Take Place cuts through the hype and takes a fresh look at cyber security. Thomas Rid argues that the focus on war and winning distracts from the real challenge of cyberspace: non-violent confrontation that may rival or even replace violence in surprising ways. Series: Conflict Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JPWL; URH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047128
- ISBN
- 9781849047128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.88
€ 20.99
€ 20.88